An Update on Fast Radio Bursts: New Discovery in Our Own Galaxy
Have we recently spotted the first equivalent of a fast radio burst located within our own galaxy?
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Detecting Non-Uniform Clouds on Hot Jupiters in the Era of JWST
Astrobites reports on how we can find non-uniform cloud cover on exoplanets using the James Webb Space Telescope.
History as Told by a Merger Background
How does the rate of binary black hole mergers change with time? The gravitational waves produced by undistinguished individual mergers might be able to help.
LIGO/Virgo’s Newest Merger Defies Mass Expectations
The two black holes that merged in GW190521 are the most massive we’ve observed yet, and this has major astrophysical implications.
It Isn’t Gatorade Quenching This Galaxy
How do galaxies transition from blue and star-forming to red and dead? Astrobites reports on a new clue.
Featured Image: Clumps in a Dusty Ring
A recent study shows how a ring of dust and gas surrounding a newly born star might behave as it evolves.